Peter Brereton Francis is the warden and chief librarian of Gladstone's Library, Hawarden.
Peter was born on 18 June 1953[2] and educated at Malvern College and the University of St Andrews.
Peter was firstly a curate at Hagley then chaplain of Queen Mary College, London.
He moved to Scotland as the rector of Holy Trinity, Ayr.
[4] On 2 May 1992 he was installed as the rector and provost of the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, Glasgow, a position he held until leaving in 1996.